SEC Commissioner Mike Slive shows his 9-month-old granddaughter Abigail Slive Harwood around the ballrooms Tuesday before speaking at the SEC football Media Days in Hoover, Ala.

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Jeff Lockridge
Gannett Tennessee

SEC commissioner Mike Slive offered a very adamant and perhaps slightly threatening speech centered on the NCAA's need for change at the annual SEC Media Days gathering on Tuesday at the Wynfrey Hotel.

Just how much time Slive is willing to give college athletics' governing body to fall in line with his way of thinking remains unclear. But the clock is ticking.

The soon-to-be 73-year-old threw his support behind the NCAA several times during his address, although each pat on the head was served up with a slap across the face. ...